People | Diploma PLC

Investors | Diploma PLC

About us | Diploma PLC

Error 404 | Diploma PLC

Governance | Diploma PLC

Accessibility | Diploma PLC

Diploma PLC | Diploma PLC

Our businesses | Diploma PLC

Cookies policy | Diploma PLC

Acquisitions | Diploma PLC

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

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Title / URL	Issues
People \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/sustainability/people/	6
Investors \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/investors/	6
About us \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/about-us/	6
Error 404 \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/invented-url-for-404-page	6
Governance \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/about-us/governance/	6
Accessibility \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/accessibility/	6
Diploma PLC \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/	6
Our businesses \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/our-businesses/	6
Cookies policy \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/cookies	6
Acquisitions \| Diploma PLCwww.diplomaplc.com/about-us/acquisitions/	6

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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